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  The Thirteenth Warrior   great trivia quiz  
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This is for those who enjoyed 'The Thirteenth Warrior'.
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  Details in "The 13th Warrior"   great trivia quiz  
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Here's a quick quiz on one of my favorite movies. How well did you pay attention?
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What do the Northmen call the old woman who casts the bones?

From Quiz "The Thirteenth Warrior"





The t. 13th Warrior Trivia Questions
1. What do the Wendol want the Northmen to think of them as?

From Quiz Details in "The 13th Warrior"

Answer: Bears

After the first battle, when the warriors ride in search of the Wendol, they come upon figures in the woods topped with bear skulls. Ahmed realizes that with the claws and the headdresses, the Wendol think of themselves as bears and they want everyone to think of them as such.

2. Why was Ahmed Ibn Fadlan banished from his homeland?

From Quiz The Thirteenth Warrior

Answer: He loved a married woman.

He was in love with a beautiful woman, but she 'belonged to another man'.

3. Where do the Northmen believe the brave may live forever?

From Quiz Details in "The 13th Warrior"

Answer: Valhalla

Valhalla is the great dining hall in Asgard, the home of the Norse gods. All heroes slain in battle go there to await Ragnarok, the final battle between good and evil. Elesium is where the Greeks believed the good went after they died.

4. What is Ahmed's occupation before his banishment by the Caliph?

From Quiz The Thirteenth Warrior

Answer: poet

He said his life was easy, until the fateful day he fell in love.

5. Who is the primary archer of the 13?

From Quiz Details in "The 13th Warrior"

Answer: Rethel

Archery was an important skill for the Vikings, in addition to skills with sword, axe and spear. Rethel, played by Mischa Hausserman, dies in the first major battle with the Wendol.

6. To what kingdom is Ahmed made an ambassador to?

From Quiz The Thirteenth Warrior

Answer: Dusublad

He encounters the Northmen before he ever reaches there. We are not told if he ever gets there or not.

7. When Ahmed first meets the Northmen, what are they doing?

From Quiz The Thirteenth Warrior

Answer: holding their king's funeral

Their king had died and they were there to honor him.

8. What animal do the Northmen compare Ahmed's horse to?

From Quiz Details in "The 13th Warrior"

Answer: A dog

Herger and Skeld both mention that "Only an Arab would bring a dog to war." In fact, the Arabian horse would have been taller than the small but sturdy Northern horse breeds of the time.

9. What messenger from King Rothgar comes to seek Buliwyf's aid?

From Quiz The Thirteenth Warrior

Answer: Wolfgar

Wolfgar is King Rothgar's youngest son.

10. What was the only exploit of Wigliff that Buliwyf knows of?

From Quiz Details in "The 13th Warrior"

Answer: Killed his brothers

When Wigliff implies that Buliwyf is a coward, Buliwyf responds that the only exploit he can recall is that Wigliff killed his brothers. Wigliff - "Wait for the Wendol one night's time, and then talk to us of courage." Buliwyf - "I thank the lord for his advice. Though I don't recall hearing any exploits of his, apart from killing his brothers."

11. Why does Rothgar's messenger stand for hours in plain view before entering the camp?

From Quiz The Thirteenth Warrior

Answer: He is being polite in letting them see he is real.

It was the polite thing to do so that the Northmen could decide if he was real or an evil come from the fog.

12. What do the Northmen call the old woman who casts the bones?

From Quiz The Thirteenth Warrior

Answer: Angel Of Death

She is an oracle and read the future in the bones.

13. What unique qualification did Ahmed have that makes him vital to the success of the Quest?

From Quiz The Thirteenth Warrior

Answer: He is not from the North.

Thirteen had to go, but the thirteenth could not be from the North.

14. Who is keeping watch before the first battle?

From Quiz Details in "The 13th Warrior"

Answer: Edgtho

Edgtho is keeping watch from a tree by the watchtower. When Ahmed takes him food and stops to make idle conversation, they hear the Wendol horn and see the "Firewurm". Strangely enough, the rope that Edgtho uses to reach the watchtower is nowhere to be seen before he slides down it.

15. What do the Northmen say 'only an Arab' would do?

From Quiz The Thirteenth Warrior

Answer: take a dog to war

Ahmed's beautiful Arabian horse was much smaller than their own horses.

16. What does Buliwyf ask Ahmed?

From Quiz The Thirteenth Warrior

Answer: Can he draw sounds?

Buliwyf hopes that story of his great quest will be told. None of the Northmen could write.

17. What exploits of Wiglif did Buliwyf say he had heard?

From Quiz The Thirteenth Warrior

Answer: He killed his own brothers.

Wiglif, Rothgar's son, was never seen in any of the battles. He was sly but not very brave.

18. What part (or parts) of their victims do the fiends take?

From Quiz The Thirteenth Warrior

Answer: head

The mother's lair was decorated with taken heads.

19. What treatment is given to the claw marks on Ahmed's face?

From Quiz The Thirteenth Warrior

Answer: boiled down cow urine

Sounds bad, right? Actually, boiled down cow urine equals ammonia--a very powerful germ killer.

20. What are the villagers afraid Buliwyf and his men will bring down on them?

From Quiz The Thirteenth Warrior

Answer: the Fire Worm

The Fire Worm was formed of hundreds of mounted fiends carrying torches. It had to be a chilling sight.

21. The old mad woman tells Buliwyf he must do what two things to stop the fiends?

From Quiz The Thirteenth Warrior

Answer: Kill the mother and the leader.

She may have been mad, but she nailed this one just right.

22. What does Ahmed see in the cave that convinces him the fiends are not really human?

From Quiz The Thirteenth Warrior

Answer: floor covered with human bones and skulls

Herger hears something under his feet, looks down, and sees the floor covered with human bones and skulls.

23. What were Rothgar's last words to Buliwyf?

From Quiz The Thirteenth Warrior

Answer: You will be buried as a king.

He gave Buliwyf a kingly send-off dressed in cloth of gold.

24. Thirteen men started this Quest. At the end of it, how many were left?

From Quiz The Thirteenth Warrior

Answer: four

Only Ahmed Ibn Fadlan, Herger and two others survive this Quest.

25. What does the word 'wendol' actually mean?

From Quiz The Thirteenth Warrior

Answer: black mist

'Wendol' is an ancient word describing not the flesh eaters themselves, but the deadly fog they come out of.

26. When Ahmed sails away at the end, how many of his Quest companions are on the ship with him?

From Quiz The Thirteenth Warrior

Answer: two

Herger waves to him form shore, but the two other Northmen are on the boat's deck.

27. On what epic story is this movie based?

From Quiz The Thirteenth Warrior

Answer: Beowulf

I don't remember Beowulf being so exciting in school, do you? But Michael Crichton seems to have fun with this telling.

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